WTH? Newspapers Deliver Millions of 'Terror' DVDs to Subscribers -- In 'Swing States'

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003849746&imw=Y

NEW YORK The arrival of tens of millions of DVDs of a controversial DVD on doorsteps around the nation -- but almost exclusively in election "swing states" -- via newspaper home delivery continues this weekend, with explanatory articles and subscriber feedback appearing on some of the papers' Web sites.

The DVDs of the 60-minute film, made in 2005, and titled "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West," arrived today with, among other papers, the Charlotte Observer and the News & Observer in Raleigh, with delivery with the Miami Herald and other papers set for Sunday. (To watch a clip see link below.)

Despite some protests from Muslim and liberal activists, the newspapers -- all hard hit by drops in ad revenue in recent months -- have explained that the DVD does not violate their usual standards; see our exchange with The New York Times below. A spokesperson there said the Times last Sunday inserted 145,000 DVDs in its papers delivered in the following markets: Denver, Miami/Palm Beach, Tampa, Orlando, Detroit, Kansas City, St Louis, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee/Madison. Note: These are all in swing states.

The documentary showcases scenes of Muslim children being encouraged to become suicide bombers, interspersed with shots of Nazi rallies. 'The threat of Radical Islam is the most important issue facing us today,'' reads the sleeve of the DVD. ''But it's a topic that neither the presidential candidates nor the media are discussing openly. It's our responsibility to ensure we can all make an informed vote in November.''

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"We do require that opinion advertisements include the name of the sponsoring organization and a mailing address or a telephone number. This enables our readers to communicate directly with the sponsor should they seek additional information or wish to express agreement or disagreement with the advertised message. This advertisement complied with these requirements. The address on the advertisement was The Clarion Fund, 255 West 36th Street Suite 800 New York, NY 10018."

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Are they not a far right wing operation. If so that would explain their desperation.

:nuke:

They're working on a justification for the using "small" nuclear weapons, since our Military is over-extended and we are broke. "Small" nukes will allow the Trans-National Corporations to run the world.

I called the paper and canceled my subscription.

The lady who I spoke with asked "why" and "is there anything that they could do to keep me as a subscriber"

I told them that I didn't appreciate getting hate and fear propaganda with my NEWSpaper

She spouted off some crap about them being paid ads and that it did not reflect the view of the paper

I told her that I thought that that was crap and that they should have exercised their journalistic authority and refused the ads

Good for you.

It might meet theirs, but not mine.

This needs a lot of attention.

That's the way to handle it.

who gets one just thinks it's another "free" subscription to AOL and tosses it. Of course then there's that whole landfill prolem....









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I hope all of the people involved rot in hell! I'm going to have to sequester myself in my room with a Lifetime movie...getting depressed reading all this stuff.

There were threads last Sunday and Tuesday here at DU.

wasn't home today, but I will check to see if it's there.

Too bad, really. Besides the obvious vote-getting goals, it also indicates how easily the government can control the people. That will come in handy later.

play Rovian politics and turn this into an advantage? We need to start pushing that Obama will be stronger than McCain in fighting TERRAW and that he will actually hunt the Terrawists down.

You'll get a pretty (albeit brief) light show, they'll get an expression of your opinion towards their hatemongering.

the majority of the people still subscribing to the "local rag". The target market they are trying to influence are not computer literate & have just as much savvy as John McCain as where to place that piece of technology.

the DVD in the trash.

Here's the front page article explaining it:

http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/1217021.html

get some equal time by running HIS "paid ad" DVDs in swing state newspapers

All they want is money, and somehow, they always get us to fall for the irrelevant social wedge issues.

I hope you all like war; Because the old bastard is gonna keep us in it for 4 more years.

I saw several other posters on DU who said they got it in the mail as well. So I have 2 copies, if anybody wants one. :rofl:

They wasted 2 copies of that crap on a home that contains two Obama voters that will not be swayed. HA!